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>> usually they have a foreign policy section and i think they'll add it. and, you know, usually they find a way to work in foreign policy and go in that section and it's -- you know, these speeches are, you know, the structure of them is done a long time in advance but they'll still being worked on until the last minute. >> absolutely. and also, we know through the latest developments today, the president will announce 34,000 troops leaving afghanistan, as well. another part of the puzzle if you will of us learning when's in that speech. what i'm curious about your opinion on, our first read team says there are three economic questions that the president will perhaps answer tonight. one of them is how can the united states create more jobs at home. when the speech outline is happening, are you guys talking about these are the questions people are asking at home. mr. president, this is how to answer. is it that kind of set-up? >> well, you know, usually you start out i think by, you know, the president and his speechwriters and advisers will get together an
>> usually they have a foreign policy section and i think they'll add it. and, you know, usually they find a way to work in foreign policy and go in that section and it's -- you know, these speeches are, you know, the structure of them is done a long time in advance but they'll still being worked on until the last minute. >> absolutely. and also, we know through the latest developments today, the president will announce 34,000 troops leaving afghanistan, as well. another part of the...
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you are republicans trying to subvert the foreign policy of the united states over an old and bitter grudge? let's bring in ari melber and democrat strategist julian ep sto epstein. what is senator mccain's problem? is he trying to defend a mode okur president bush or is he trying to defend a failed war in iraq? >> i think it's more iraq where we know senator mccain has long stood by our presence there and adding troops there, but bottom line if you take this as the mccain filibuster standard, then no one in any democratic administration ever gets a vote because, guess what? a lot of them have good faith and i think well-grounded disagreements with george w. bush. so this cannot be the standard. it's not defensible on its own terms and that's the problem. they are erecting a supermajority hurdle for all of this legislation and all of these nominees. this is an old problem from the way the republicans have been acting and it doesn't stand up because by this standard again you would not let anyone serve in government that you di agreed with. >> but it's based on a grudge. it's based on
you are republicans trying to subvert the foreign policy of the united states over an old and bitter grudge? let's bring in ari melber and democrat strategist julian ep sto epstein. what is senator mccain's problem? is he trying to defend a mode okur president bush or is he trying to defend a failed war in iraq? >> i think it's more iraq where we know senator mccain has long stood by our presence there and adding troops there, but bottom line if you take this as the mccain filibuster...
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it is a big foreign policy to be made, it's expected to be largely about economic issues and the middle class. >> what do you think, is it going to be partisan or more of an olive branch? >> i don't think it will be either, if i can be so bold as to take something that you're not offering a choice that you're not offering. >> you may take it as always. >> i think he will be assertive. i think he will not perceive, he and the white house will not perceive what he's saying as overtly confrontational. i'm sure it will be interpreted that way. i don't anticipate a big olive branch of a speech. he'll talk about common sense measures republicans have supported in the past and stlu as bipartisan. >> the agenda on immigration, gun control, climate by definition, pre-stage conflict with republicans who are ambivalent at best about moving forward on anything. on the other hand, on the big issue of the debt and deficit, since the summer of 2011 he has signaled that he is willing to make a big deal, including some elements, maybe less than two years ago that would antagonize democrats so i think ja
it is a big foreign policy to be made, it's expected to be largely about economic issues and the middle class. >> what do you think, is it going to be partisan or more of an olive branch? >> i don't think it will be either, if i can be so bold as to take something that you're not offering a choice that you're not offering. >> you may take it as always. >> i think he will be assertive. i think he will not perceive, he and the white house will not perceive what he's saying...
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>> he will talk about foreign policy. forbes policy will not be the thrust of the speech. jobs, the economy will be. but when he talks about foreign policy, it's a pretty safe bet north korea will be on his mind. the president set to give that address at 9:00 eastern time. reports indicate that he may do a little bit more finger pointing this time than reaching across the aisle. congressman adam kinzinger, a republican from ill. thank you for joining us. >> thank you for having me. >> we're getting previews about how the president may sound tonig, glen thrush of politico says don't expect anything like the call for peaceful collaboration that addressed the joint congress in 2009. >> month of the same. i think this is an opportunity. the president has an amazing opportunity to call republicans and democrats together to say both sides have to accept things they don't want in order to accept the problems in the country and for future generations. that's what's missing, the discussion of what happens next with the next generation of americans and, unfortunately, to descend bac
>> he will talk about foreign policy. forbes policy will not be the thrust of the speech. jobs, the economy will be. but when he talks about foreign policy, it's a pretty safe bet north korea will be on his mind. the president set to give that address at 9:00 eastern time. reports indicate that he may do a little bit more finger pointing this time than reaching across the aisle. congressman adam kinzinger, a republican from ill. thank you for joining us. >> thank you for having me....
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we've just learned what his big foreign policy announcement is going to be, jake tapper just broke that the president will announce on afghanistan that u.s. troops will be reduced by half by february of 2014, the number of u.s. troops in afghanistan will go down to 34,000, that's specificity we didn't have before and we expect him to detail tonight. carol, by and large the president will be focusing a lot on domestic priorities, specifically the economy. >> mr. speaker, the president of the united states. >> reporter: how times have changed. when he addressed congress one year ago, president obama faced sagging poll numbers and a tough road to re-election. the result? a state of the union address that contained few new proposals and largely fell flat, not likely this year. >> his party gained seats in both the senate and the house. the american people broadly speaking are with him and so he can deliver a speech without the kinds of political constraints that he faced just 12 months ago. >> reporter: white house officials tell cnn that tonight's address will book end the president's inau
we've just learned what his big foreign policy announcement is going to be, jake tapper just broke that the president will announce on afghanistan that u.s. troops will be reduced by half by february of 2014, the number of u.s. troops in afghanistan will go down to 34,000, that's specificity we didn't have before and we expect him to detail tonight. carol, by and large the president will be focusing a lot on domestic priorities, specifically the economy. >> mr. speaker, the president of...
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but do they like the president's foreign policy? no. so these things kind of blend but generally you could say that for national security republicans, these two nominees, brennan on drones, for example, the use of drones, these nominees become proxies for policies they either question or they don't like. >> and moving forward, we're moving into this second term and the kind of makeup of congress is relatively speaking the same. how much do you think this will impact this hold on nominees, impact the relationship between republicans and democrats? it it can't get much worse. >> the white house isn't happy over hagel. they believe it's petty to hold him up when they believe he's going to eventually get confirmed. so they are not happy about it. republicans need to work with the white house on issues like immigration, for example, will this make for bad blood? yes. will it hold up immigration reform if it's in the interest of both parties to do it, probably not. i think the person who gets affected by this, quite honestly, is chuck hagel h
but do they like the president's foreign policy? no. so these things kind of blend but generally you could say that for national security republicans, these two nominees, brennan on drones, for example, the use of drones, these nominees become proxies for policies they either question or they don't like. >> and moving forward, we're moving into this second term and the kind of makeup of congress is relatively speaking the same. how much do you think this will impact this hold on nominees,...
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. >> foreign policy is actually not foreign. >> america has faced great hardship before and each time we have risen to the challenge. >> the ultimate test is to move our society from where it is to where it has never been. >> narrator: join us as we discuss today's most critical global issues. join us for "great decisions." >> great decisions is produced by the foreign policy association, inspiring americans to learn more about the world. sponsorship of great decisions is provided by credit suisse, eni, the hurford foundation, and pricewaterhousecoopers llp. >> coming up next, the generals and the democrat: burma in transition. (instrumental music) >> burma, also known as myanmar, is a nation born from war. a former british colony, burma saw an opportunity for independence at the outset of world war ii. >> in burma, independence day calls for formal celebrations. this week its people have been marking 64 years since the end of british colonial rule. for much of that time burma was tightly controlled by the military. any dissent was ultimately crushed. >> so if you look at the modern h
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on foreign policy, america continues to be first in property and safe guarding human rights. the world is a better place when america is the strongest nation on earth. we can't remain powerful if we don't have a economy that can afford it. in the short time i've been in washington, nothing has been more difficult than the choices. the choice is not just between big government or business. what we need is accountable and efficient and effective government that allows small and new businesses to create more middle class jobs. we don't have to raise taxes to avoid the president's devastating cuts to our military. republicans passed a plan that replaced these cuts with responsible spending reforms. in order to balance our budget the choice doesn't have to be higher taxes or dramatic benefit cuts for those in need, instead we should grow our economy so we can create new taxpayers, not new taxes. so our government can afford to help others who truly cannot help themselves. and the truth is every problem can't be solved by the government. many are caused by the moral breakdown in ou
on foreign policy, america continues to be first in property and safe guarding human rights. the world is a better place when america is the strongest nation on earth. we can't remain powerful if we don't have a economy that can afford it. in the short time i've been in washington, nothing has been more difficult than the choices. the choice is not just between big government or business. what we need is accountable and efficient and effective government that allows small and new businesses to...
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policy whose latest book called strategic which. can actually see how americas could maintain its leadership in a changed world dividing the world into the west and east the west of course includes russia and turkey so it's balancing that with the west means trying to bring russia in for example in the with the p.t.o. and try to bring turkey in into the fold as it were in a kind of balancing row in the west but as far as the ease is concerned brzezinski calls this a complex beast now how to color balance the complexities where most of china's neighbors are china's largest trading partners and they do not want to sour the relationship with china but of course most of those neighbors also fear that china is getting to bake in its us like a one thousand pound panda and even though it is of good intentions and and a lot of the countries fear but china is getting too big so america comes in and provides a kind of military umbrella and and try to rebalance the kind of geopolitics there but if you if you are in china your cost be very very
policy whose latest book called strategic which. can actually see how americas could maintain its leadership in a changed world dividing the world into the west and east the west of course includes russia and turkey so it's balancing that with the west means trying to bring russia in for example in the with the p.t.o. and try to bring turkey in into the fold as it were in a kind of balancing row in the west but as far as the ease is concerned brzezinski calls this a complex beast now how to...
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well i think we can say that united states foreign policy is a pragmatic i think foreign policy they've been able to make a relation become i mean the invasion of iraq. i think perfect example go ahead i think i think what i think was just going to pour i think if they have made a relationship with china i think becomes china so i don't i don't think there is really. any i think negative sides from the united i think it's the iranian government that again i said they can't afford having a relationship with iran and i just. go back to one of the points of your is major i think it's we're talking about some of the things that iran should give up i think one of the things that it's just the basic human rights that we're talking about i think we're talking about just if iran can really respect i think the aspiration of people i think if they can stop executing gays if they can stop stoning people for adultery if they can i mean. if they can just a low people to have freedom of so i mean we're talking about a monarchy of humanity about it maybe of taran does that maybe we will stop the drone
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foreign policy of policy basically intolerant of an ill targeted vision alternative long having said all of that the president's decision to nominate chuck hagel of course knowing the position chuck hagel had taken before was also seen as a message president obama had said previously that there is too much of your talk going on and maybe by nominating chuck hagel he wanted to play down because too many people here in washington are too eager to talk war just during the confirmation hearing the word war was mentioned one hundred twenty times the word iran one hundred eight times by comparison of ghana's than the war that the u.s. is fighting right now just twenty six mentions of course those are just words but they may very well show how eager many many in washington are to discuss new wars without even having finished the old ones. the british government's programme of cuts has resulted in a drastic drop in the number of police officers to the lowest level in over a decade and radical reform package is already sparked many security questions or he had a chance to ask m.p.'s on both s
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well i think we can say that united states foreign policy is a pragmatic i think foreign policy they've been able to make a relation or we can i mean invasion of iraq invasion of iraq i think perfect example go ahead i think i think what i think was just going to pour i think it may have made a relationship with china i think becomes china so i don't i don't think there is really. any i think negative sides from the united i think it's the iranian government that again i said they can't afford having a relationship with iran and i just. go back to one of the points of your is major i think it's we're talking about some of the things that iran should give up i think one of the things that it's just the basic human rights that we're talking about i think we're talking about just if iran can really respect i think the aspiration of people i think if they can stop executing gays if they can stop stoning people for adultery if they can i mean. if they can just a low people to have freedom of so i mean we're talking about literally a monarchy of two men and get out of maybe have taran does th
well i think we can say that united states foreign policy is a pragmatic i think foreign policy they've been able to make a relation or we can i mean invasion of iraq invasion of iraq i think perfect example go ahead i think i think what i think was just going to pour i think it may have made a relationship with china i think becomes china so i don't i don't think there is really. any i think negative sides from the united i think it's the iranian government that again i said they can't afford...
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well i think we can say that united states foreign policy is a pragmatic i think foreign policy they've been able to make a relation become i mean the invasion of iraq. i think perfect example go ahead i think i think what i think was just going to pour i think it may have made a relationship with china i think they come to china so i don't i don't think there is really. any i think negative sides from the united i think it's the iranian government that again i said they can't afford having a relationship with iran and i just. go back just one of the points that your is major i think it's we're talking about some of the things that iran should give up i think one of the things that it's just the basic human rights that we're talking about i think we're talking about just if iran can really respect i think the aspiration of people i think if they can stop executing gays if they can stop stoning people for adultery if they can i mean. if they can just a low people to have freedom of so i mean we're talking about literally a monarchy of two men and get out of maybe into ran does that maybe
well i think we can say that united states foreign policy is a pragmatic i think foreign policy they've been able to make a relation become i mean the invasion of iraq. i think perfect example go ahead i think i think what i think was just going to pour i think it may have made a relationship with china i think they come to china so i don't i don't think there is really. any i think negative sides from the united i think it's the iranian government that again i said they can't afford having a...
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clinton had no background in foreign policy, no interest in the foreign policy. people say they went to georgetown, the school really wasn't good enough as i am concerned. i hope i am not offending anyone in georgetown she put together a security team all of them were gone within a year or two for the most part when you look at christopher and the cia was a very peculiar appointment. he did something that needs to be corrected. he was in the foreign policy bureaucracy as i am concerned he brought to the right wing and abolishing the arms control and disarmed the agency. those we need in washington for the making of policy and he expanded nato you're taking the military and a that is a factor or not and bring more members to draw closer to russia and even bring in as george bush did the former hud republics of the soviet union into this alliance and you wonder why the russians are upset about this and he lost his nerve on the things the country needed to do in terms of international agreements need to be a part of the accord and signed a comprehensive test ban tre
clinton had no background in foreign policy, no interest in the foreign policy. people say they went to georgetown, the school really wasn't good enough as i am concerned. i hope i am not offending anyone in georgetown she put together a security team all of them were gone within a year or two for the most part when you look at christopher and the cia was a very peculiar appointment. he did something that needs to be corrected. he was in the foreign policy bureaucracy as i am concerned he...
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not much as you can imagine julian not much on foreign policy front while the president was talking about the u.s. bringing troops home from afghanistan the administration. is set to continue to chase down terrorists across the globe and although there was no mentioning of the word drones what everybody knew that you know drones have been the hallmark of president obama's foreign policy and he didn't talk much about that again there was no mentioning of the word drone despite the u.n. raising concerns about the legality of the use of drones the u.s. is setting up new drone free bases around the globe as you can imagine we did not hear much again about this war that the administration is waging with a remote control a war that is shrouded in secrecy all the president had to say on this is this. is true different kind of affiliates in extremist groups have emerged from the arabian peninsula to africa the threat these groups pose is evolving but to meet this threat we don't need to send tens of thousands of our sons and daughters abroad occupy other nations instead will need to help countrie
not much as you can imagine julian not much on foreign policy front while the president was talking about the u.s. bringing troops home from afghanistan the administration. is set to continue to chase down terrorists across the globe and although there was no mentioning of the word drones what everybody knew that you know drones have been the hallmark of president obama's foreign policy and he didn't talk much about that again there was no mentioning of the word drone despite the u.n. raising...
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policy team he in the past years we've had foreign policies but never necessarily have the had this kind of substantive expertise that you have. >> we have on the foreign policy team quite experienced foreign policy, she had been the secretary of defense before and vice president cheney had been the chief of staff and the white house, colin powell had been chairman of the joint chiefs of staff and the national security we had a lot of expertise but i really to this day not quite sure why sometimes the personalities didn't jell. i think it was the times that set the precedent. we think about people with internal dynamics. islamic think about the team have strong views because strong views are important you don't want a president who's just hearing one side of the story but think that the team dynamics. >> let's talk a little about latin america and the caribbean to the debt is a success to focus on latin america and the caribbean as a region in developing a u.s. policy given the fact that so many of the country's different in so many of them. i think about latin america and the carib
policy team he in the past years we've had foreign policies but never necessarily have the had this kind of substantive expertise that you have. >> we have on the foreign policy team quite experienced foreign policy, she had been the secretary of defense before and vice president cheney had been the chief of staff and the white house, colin powell had been chairman of the joint chiefs of staff and the national security we had a lot of expertise but i really to this day not quite sure why...
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not much as you can imagine julian not much on foreign policy front to a while the president was talking about the u.s.o. bringing troops home from afghanistan the administration. is set to continue to chase down terrorists across the globe and although there was no mentioning of the word drones what everybody knew that you know drones have been the hallmark of president obama's foreign policy and he didn't talk much about that again there was no mentioning of the word drone despite the u.n. raising concerns about the legality of the use of drones the u.s. is setting up new drone three bases around the globe as you can imagine we did not hear much again about this war that the administration is waging with the remote control the war that is shrouded in secrecy all the president had to say on this is this. is true different kind of affiliates in extremist groups have emerged from the arabian peninsula to africa the threat these groups pose is evolving but to meet this threat we don't need to send tens of thousands of our sons and daughters abroad occupy other nations instead will need to
not much as you can imagine julian not much on foreign policy front to a while the president was talking about the u.s.o. bringing troops home from afghanistan the administration. is set to continue to chase down terrorists across the globe and although there was no mentioning of the word drones what everybody knew that you know drones have been the hallmark of president obama's foreign policy and he didn't talk much about that again there was no mentioning of the word drone despite the u.n....
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foreign policy is a fairly mixed bag of issues are being said that by a by the american president of course and that big news on afghanistan top the address president obama himself saying that after over a decade troops are coming home by the end of twenty four teen obama pointing out that there are two missions at hand now preparing afghan forces to take over so that the country does not slip into chaos again those were his words the key words here again as if it's not as if it's now a stable place just today reports coming in. that ten civilians were killed in a nato strike targeting taliban insurgents now while obama spent most of his speech talking about the economy and taxes he failed to mention that so far the u.s. has invested over one hundred billion dollars in reconstruction of afghanistan and that this year it's expected another thirty billion could be spent in aid as well this as the afghan state is rated one of the most corrupt in the world despite red flags from watchdogs monitoring the aid directly given to the government there's no way of ensuring where all this money
foreign policy is a fairly mixed bag of issues are being said that by a by the american president of course and that big news on afghanistan top the address president obama himself saying that after over a decade troops are coming home by the end of twenty four teen obama pointing out that there are two missions at hand now preparing afghan forces to take over so that the country does not slip into chaos again those were his words the key words here again as if it's not as if it's now a stable...
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the foreign policy area. to talk about. saddam's broken israeli media blitz a shroud of secrecy over the death of an alleged secret agent in custody despite the government working very hard to keep it all underground. and with some of the highest taxes in the world the wealthy take flight to protect their cash on small businesses which is saying it's taking too big a. pleasure to have you with us here today on live in moscow with your news from around the world. barack obama used the first state of the union address so of his second term to try and appease lawmakers on tax payers making fresh promises to boost the economy and slash debt on the issue of foreign policy though the u.s. president did announce that thirty four thousand troops will be leaving afghanistan by next february and he said now we know joins us here on the program to give us the latest on the american president's state of the union a mixed bag of issues certainly domestic take in the forefront of the speech some foreign policy issues though one of the hi
the foreign policy area. to talk about. saddam's broken israeli media blitz a shroud of secrecy over the death of an alleged secret agent in custody despite the government working very hard to keep it all underground. and with some of the highest taxes in the world the wealthy take flight to protect their cash on small businesses which is saying it's taking too big a. pleasure to have you with us here today on live in moscow with your news from around the world. barack obama used the first...
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foreign policy basically intolerant of the no eternity of vision alternative thought having said all that the president's decision to nominate chuck hagel of course knowing the position chuck hagel had taken before was also seen as a message president obama had said previously that there is too much war talk going on and maybe by nominating chuck hagel he wanted to play down because too many people here in washington are too eager to talk war and just during the confirmation hearing the word war was mentioned one hundred twenty times the word iran one hundred eight times by comparison of ghana's than the war that the u.s. is fighting right now just twenty six mentions of course those are just words but they may very well. show how eager many meeting in washington are to discuss new wars without even having to finish the old ones. there are some people out there saying that being a republican was a nominate for the post by obama so that obama down the road can blame him as a republican if indeed foreign policy doesn't it will see its best of times and certainly the theories around the
foreign policy basically intolerant of the no eternity of vision alternative thought having said all that the president's decision to nominate chuck hagel of course knowing the position chuck hagel had taken before was also seen as a message president obama had said previously that there is too much war talk going on and maybe by nominating chuck hagel he wanted to play down because too many people here in washington are too eager to talk war and just during the confirmation hearing the word...
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state of the union address examines the foreign policy areas the. broken israeli media shroud of secrecy over the death of an alleged secret agent in custody the government trying very hard to keep it quiet. and with the europeans paying some of the highest taxes in the world the wealthy to protect that money by looking for places that won't take. news around the clock this is with me and live in moscow welcome to the program barack obama used his first state of the union address on his second to try and appease lawmakers and taxpayers making fresh promises to boost the economy and work hard on slashing the debt on the issue of foreign policy though the us president also announced that thirty four thousand troops will leave afghanistan by next february. joins me live here in the studio to bring us some more about this policy foreign policy is a fairly mixed bag of issues are being said by a by the american president of course and that big news on afghanistan top the address president obama himself saying that after over a decade troops are coming ho
state of the union address examines the foreign policy areas the. broken israeli media shroud of secrecy over the death of an alleged secret agent in custody the government trying very hard to keep it quiet. and with the europeans paying some of the highest taxes in the world the wealthy to protect that money by looking for places that won't take. news around the clock this is with me and live in moscow welcome to the program barack obama used his first state of the union address on his second...
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day he is a foreign policy expert and president of the international american council and in washington we cross the border he is an investigative historian and journalist or a gentleman crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want professor marandi interim if i can go to you first the two parties are going to meeting kazakhstan what's different this time around if anything. well i don't think much has changed the united states has increased pressure on iran has increased sanctions that has had a negative effect on ordinary iranians the fact that. senior government officials including the former secretary of state have said that the sanctions are there to force to put pressure on ordinary iranians to bring about change i think in iran is seen as something quite. uncivilized and inhuman to try to hurt ordinary civilians to put pressure on the government i don't think it's going to change i have no doubt that it will not change the policy of the iranian government so in general nothing has changed the iranians feel that there's a general an assault on the country
day he is a foreign policy expert and president of the international american council and in washington we cross the border he is an investigative historian and journalist or a gentleman crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want professor marandi interim if i can go to you first the two parties are going to meeting kazakhstan what's different this time around if anything. well i don't think much has changed the united states has increased pressure on iran has...
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i don't think he spent that much time on foreign policy or national security, but because this is the beginning of his second term, his second and his last term in office as president, usually presidents start to think about their legacy, their place in history. many presidents in the past have focused oreign policy, but judging from today's state of the union, maybe president obama wants to focus or emphasize more of his liberal or social agenda, like equality or empowering women, fighting poverty over foreign policy issues. >> president obama also used the state of the union to announce a sharp reduction in u.s. troop levels in afghanistan. 34,000 service personnel will return home by early next year. about half the number currently deployed to the country. some afghans have welcomed the prospect of more control over their own security you while others are concerned afghan soldiers are unprepared. is a spoexz person for the afghan defense ministry on wednesday expressed confidence that local forces are ready to lead combat operations. >> translator: the afghan defense ministry welco
i don't think he spent that much time on foreign policy or national security, but because this is the beginning of his second term, his second and his last term in office as president, usually presidents start to think about their legacy, their place in history. many presidents in the past have focused oreign policy, but judging from today's state of the union, maybe president obama wants to focus or emphasize more of his liberal or social agenda, like equality or empowering women, fighting...
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policy though the u.s. president did announce the thirty four thousand troops will be leaving afghanistan by next february and he said now we know it joins us here on the program to give us the latest on the american president's state of the union a mixed bag of issues certainly domestic take in the forefront of the speech some foreign policy issues though one of the highlights a lot of numbers a big announcement on afghanistan certainly top the address after over a decade of war troops are coming home in twenty fourteen as obama put it obama points out that there are two missions now one to prepare handing afghan forces to take over so that the country does not slip into chaos again the key word here again it almost seems as if it's now a stable place just today reports of ten civilians killed by a nato strike targeting taliban insurgents now while obama spent most of his speech talking about the economy and taxes he failed to mention that so far the u.s. has invested over one hundred billion dollars in re
policy though the u.s. president did announce the thirty four thousand troops will be leaving afghanistan by next february and he said now we know it joins us here on the program to give us the latest on the american president's state of the union a mixed bag of issues certainly domestic take in the forefront of the speech some foreign policy issues though one of the highlights a lot of numbers a big announcement on afghanistan certainly top the address after over a decade of war troops are...
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policy whose latest book called strategic which. can actually see how americas could maintain its leadership in a changed world dividing the world into the west and the east the west of course includes russia and turkey so it's balancing do with the west means trying to bring russia in for example in the with the p.t.o. and try to bring turkey in into the of the fold as it were in a kind of balancing row in the west but as far as the ease is concerned brzezinski calls this a complex beast now how to color balance the complexities where most of china's neighbors are china's largest trading partners and they do not want to sour the relationship with china but of course most of those neighbors also fear that china is getting to bake in its us like a one thousand pound panda and even though this way of good intentions and and a lot of the countries fear but china is getting too big so america comes in and provides a kind of military umbrella and and try to rebalance the kind of geopolitics there but if you if you wind china your cost be
policy whose latest book called strategic which. can actually see how americas could maintain its leadership in a changed world dividing the world into the west and the east the west of course includes russia and turkey so it's balancing do with the west means trying to bring russia in for example in the with the p.t.o. and try to bring turkey in into the of the fold as it were in a kind of balancing row in the west but as far as the ease is concerned brzezinski calls this a complex beast now...
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there were often serious questions about foreign policy betweens the party and the idea of holding up a nomination-- >> schieffer: two of them. >> two of them would be deeply unusual. >> these are very big appointments. these kinds of things happen all the time with smaller nominations and often we don't even find out who the senator is who is holding up the nomination. but this is, obviously, a very public play on the parent of senator grahams and i suspect there will be negotiations behind the scene. >> schieffer: do you think the republicans will back him? john mccain said he does not favor filibuster. i wonder if graham will have the backing. one senator can hold it up. clear me up on senate procedures. have to have 60 votes, wouldn't they to break that hold? >> i think a hold can sometimes keep away a vote of any number. i think what republicans are torn about here is the fact that on the one hand, they do think they have serious questions to raise about benghazi and that the american people have serious questions. on the other hand, when you get involved in libbia, there are alw
there were often serious questions about foreign policy betweens the party and the idea of holding up a nomination-- >> schieffer: two of them. >> two of them would be deeply unusual. >> these are very big appointments. these kinds of things happen all the time with smaller nominations and often we don't even find out who the senator is who is holding up the nomination. but this is, obviously, a very public play on the parent of senator grahams and i suspect there will be...
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are you confused about what president obama calls foreign policy? we sort it all out next. the boys used double miles from their capital one venture card to fly home for the big family reunion. you must be garth's father? hello. mother. mother! traveling is easy with the vture card because you can fly any airline anytime. two words. double miles! this guy can act. wanna play dodge rock? oh, yoguys! and with double miles yocan actually use, you never miss t fun. beard gring contest ango! ♪ i win! what's in wallet? ♪ lou: the senate armed services committee holds a vote tomorrow on the nomination of former senator chuck a bill to become secretary of defense. the senate finance committee will hold his confirmation hearing for treasury secretary nominee jack clued on wednesday, and their is a new opening, the head of the small business administration announced she is leaving the administration once a successor is confirmed. might be selected to the job. joining the cabinet that hardly meets and does not assure access to the president in any way. the president obviously does
are you confused about what president obama calls foreign policy? we sort it all out next. the boys used double miles from their capital one venture card to fly home for the big family reunion. you must be garth's father? hello. mother. mother! traveling is easy with the vture card because you can fly any airline anytime. two words. double miles! this guy can act. wanna play dodge rock? oh, yoguys! and with double miles yocan actually use, you never miss t fun. beard gring contest ango! ♪ i...
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policy the u.s. is said to expend the drone war by setting up more drone bases around the globe and this is this is what president obama said about that. is true different kind of affiliates in extremist groups have emerged from the arabian peninsula to africa the threat these groups pose is of all but to meet this threat we don't need to send tens of thousands of our sons and daughters abroad occupy other nations instead will need to help countries like yemen libya and somalia provide for their own security and help allies who take the fight to terrorists as we have in mali and where necessary through range of capabilities we will continue to take direct action against those terrorists who pose the greatest threat to americans. democrats republicans. the president said the about the administration's no prisoners policy except that is justice department is working on legal framework for for the strikes again he did not use the word rove but one wonders what kind of a legal framework that would be whe
policy the u.s. is said to expend the drone war by setting up more drone bases around the globe and this is this is what president obama said about that. is true different kind of affiliates in extremist groups have emerged from the arabian peninsula to africa the threat these groups pose is of all but to meet this threat we don't need to send tens of thousands of our sons and daughters abroad occupy other nations instead will need to help countries like yemen libya and somalia provide for...
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are you confused about what president obama calls foreign policy? we sort it all out next. the boys used double miles from their capital one venture card to fly home for the big family reunion. you must be garth's father? hello. mother. mother! traveling is easy with the vture card because you can fly any airline anytime. two words. double miles! this guy can act. wanna play dodge rock? oh, yoguys! and with double miles you can actually use, you never miss the fun. beard gring contest ango! ♪ i win! what's in wallet? i win! today is gonna be an important day for us. you ready? we wanna be our brother's keeper. what's number two we wanna do? bring it up to 90 decatherms. how bout ya, joe? let's go ahead and bring it online. attention on site, attention on site. now starting unit nine. some of the world's cleanest gas turbines are now powering some of america's biggest cities. siemens. answers. it's delicious. so now we've turned her toffee into business. my goal was to take an idea and make it haen. i'm janet long and i formed my toffee company through legalzoom. never rea
are you confused about what president obama calls foreign policy? we sort it all out next. the boys used double miles from their capital one venture card to fly home for the big family reunion. you must be garth's father? hello. mother. mother! traveling is easy with the vture card because you can fly any airline anytime. two words. double miles! this guy can act. wanna play dodge rock? oh, yoguys! and with double miles you can actually use, you never miss the fun. beard gring contest ango! ♪...
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policy areas that he wasn't exactly keen to talk about. silence is broken israeli media lifts a shroud of secrecy over the death of an alleged secret agent in custody despite the government trying very hard to keep it quiet. and with europeans paying some of the highest taxes in the world the wealthy flee to places that one takes such a hefty slice. a lot from moscow this is r.t. . with a worldwide welcome to the program barack obama used the first state of the union address of his second term to try and appease lawmakers and taxpayers making fresh promises to boost the economy and slash the debt on the issue of foreign policy though the us president did announce that thirty four thousand troops will be leaving afghanistan by next february all season he said now and i joins me live in the studio here to bring us more on this and he said good to see you again today so a mixed bag of statements there from president obama's state of the union can you give us some of the main highlights sore than that big announcement on afghanistan top the ad
policy areas that he wasn't exactly keen to talk about. silence is broken israeli media lifts a shroud of secrecy over the death of an alleged secret agent in custody despite the government trying very hard to keep it quiet. and with europeans paying some of the highest taxes in the world the wealthy flee to places that one takes such a hefty slice. a lot from moscow this is r.t. . with a worldwide welcome to the program barack obama used the first state of the union address of his second term...
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policy areas that he wasn't exactly keen to talk about. silence is broken israeli media lifts a shroud of secrecy over the death of an alleged secret agent in custody despite the government trying very hard to keep it quiet. and with the europeans paying some of the highest taxes in the world the wealthy flee to places that one takes such a hefty slice. this is r.t. armed robbery sushi with a worldwide welcome to the program barack obama used the first state of the union address of his second term to try and appease lawmakers and taxpayers making fresh promises to boost the economy and slash the debt on the issue of foreign policy though the us president did announce that thirty four thousand troops will be leaving afghanistan by next february all season he said now and joins me live in the studio here to bring us more on this and he said good to see you again today so a mixed bag of statements there from president obama's state of the union can you give us some of the main highlights sore than the big announcement on afghanistan top the a
policy areas that he wasn't exactly keen to talk about. silence is broken israeli media lifts a shroud of secrecy over the death of an alleged secret agent in custody despite the government trying very hard to keep it quiet. and with the europeans paying some of the highest taxes in the world the wealthy flee to places that one takes such a hefty slice. this is r.t. armed robbery sushi with a worldwide welcome to the program barack obama used the first state of the union address of his second...
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policy. what we are left with is a situation which suggests to you what option available to the obama administration to pursue the u.s. national interest and security of the peninsula. >> in the short term i put north korea back on the list to stay sponsors of terrorism, cut him out of international financial transactions, certainly would not supply any humanitarian assistance which they used to prop up the regime. honestly, you have to look at the longer term solution, and that means you need to find a way to get this regime eliminated. hopefully peacefully by reunifying the peninsula. otherwise, there is every reason to think they're working with ron cilium ballistic missiles and perhaps on the weapon side as well. that means that these problems are closely related. >> always good to have you with us. much more on the north korean nuclear explosion analysis of the president's upcoming state of the union address tonight. the latest on the california cop killer manhunt throughout this broadca
policy. what we are left with is a situation which suggests to you what option available to the obama administration to pursue the u.s. national interest and security of the peninsula. >> in the short term i put north korea back on the list to stay sponsors of terrorism, cut him out of international financial transactions, certainly would not supply any humanitarian assistance which they used to prop up the regime. honestly, you have to look at the longer term solution, and that means you...
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policy his latest book calls for to ship which. can actually see how americas could maintains leadership in a changed world dividing the world into the west and the east the west of course includes russia and turkey so it's balancing that with the west means trying to bring russia in for example in the with the w t o and try to bring turkey in into the of the fold as it were in a kind of balancing row in the west but as far as the ease is concerned brzezinski calls this a complex beast now how to color balance the complexities where most of china's neighbors are china's largest trading partners and they do not want to sour the relationship with china but of course most of those neighbors also fear that china's getting to break in is as like a one thousand pound panda and even though it is of good intentions and and a lot of the countries fear the time is getting too big so america comes in and provides a kind of military umbrella and and try to rebalance the kind of geopolitics there but if you if you are in china your cost be very
policy his latest book calls for to ship which. can actually see how americas could maintains leadership in a changed world dividing the world into the west and the east the west of course includes russia and turkey so it's balancing that with the west means trying to bring russia in for example in the with the w t o and try to bring turkey in into the of the fold as it were in a kind of balancing row in the west but as far as the ease is concerned brzezinski calls this a complex beast now how...